Home advantage could prove decisive in Wycombe Wanderers - Bristol Rovers battle

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Adams Park (24161 seats)

Wycombe Wanderers are placed 7th, while Bristol Rovers are dragging their feet 1 points behind in the league table. Will they shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • Wycombe Wanderers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This promises to be an engrossing match with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Wycombe Wanderers form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Wycombe Wanderers at their home stadium (Adams Park) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Wycombe Wanderers has recorded two wins in a row here at Adams Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Wycombe Wanderers goalkeeper Maksymilian Stryjek is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 334 minutes without conceding a goal in the League One.

Wycombe Wanderers's last game was hosting Ipswich Town (placed 2nd) and winning 1-0. Wanderers goalkeeper Stryjek did an outstanding job against Ipswich Town with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Stryjek, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.9 out of 10 in that game. Stryjek topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Wycombe Wanderers played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Lincoln City.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Wanderers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.

Low on goals? In this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

There will be little rest for Wycombe Wanderers after this match as they are travelling to Plymouth Argyle for a League One game in only three days.

Wycombe Wanderers have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Adams Park with 17 goals in 11 league matches.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

Playing away, Bristol Rovers have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the League One this season.

Two away matches in a row for Bristol, whose coach Barton could celebrate last time after the win against Charlton Athletic. Marquis came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Charlton Athletic last time out, making the manager Barton feel like a tactical genius. Coutts got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, top player of the team. Coutts served one assist, hit two key passes and had 45 successful passes (of 56 total).

Before that game, the victory at home against Milton Keynes Dons in the EFL Trophy (4-1). Looking at the earlier recent performances of Bristol Rovers when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 2 and winning 0 games.

Take note! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 12 league fixtures.

A new game in only three days for Bristol Rovers, the League One home match versus Exeter City. Busy days.

Bristol has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. Bristol Rovers struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Wycombe Wanderers victories, one draw and five Bristol Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol RoversA. Collins
A. Collins
11 goals
Wycombe WanderersA. Mehmeti
A. Mehmeti
8 goals
Bristol RoversJ. Coburn
J. Coburn
5 goals

Wycombe Wanderers missing players

Bristol Rovers missing players

Wycombe Wanderers Bristol Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 5 11 22
9 5 1 Won W 0 4 8
5 3 1 Drew D 2 3 7
8 3 1 Lost L 3 4 7
28 17 5 Scored S 4 18 34
24 11 4 Conceded C 11 18 35
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 77%
45% 45% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 64% 59%
23% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 45% 41%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 18% 14%
45% 55% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 64% 64%
41% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 23%
18% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 18% 14%
 
5.9 7.3 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.8 3.4 5.1
6.5 5.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.6 6.8 6
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
13.5 15.9 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.7 11
4.8 5.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.6 4.1
26% 27% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 45% 37%
 
14.7 13.1 9 Shots against (avg) S A 18.6 14.1 13.1
4.3 3.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 4.4 4.1
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Bristol Rovers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Bristol Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bristol Rovers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wycombe Wanderers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Wycombe Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 22 14 5 3 41 25 11 10 0 1 21 8 11 4 5 2 20 17 16 47
2 Ipswich Town 22 13 6 3 41 22 11 6 4 1 19 9 11 7 2 2 22 13 19 45
3 Sheffield Wednesday 22 12 7 3 36 17 11 6 4 1 23 11 11 6 3 2 13 6 19 43
4 Barnsley 20 11 3 6 27 16 10 6 1 3 15 9 10 5 2 3 12 7 11 36
5 Bolton Wanderers 21 10 5 6 26 19 11 7 2 2 16 8 10 3 3 4 10 11 7 35
6 Derby County 21 9 7 5 28 17 10 6 2 2 18 10 11 3 5 3 10 7 11 34
7 Wycombe Wanderers 22 9 5 8 28 24 11 5 3 3 17 11 11 4 2 5 11 13 4 32
8 Peterborough United 21 10 1 10 36 27 10 7 1 2 22 6 11 3 0 8 14 21 9 31
9 Bristol Rovers 22 8 7 7 34 35 11 4 4 3 16 17 11 4 3 4 18 18 -1 31
10 Portsmouth 19 7 8 4 26 22 10 3 6 1 14 10 9 4 2 3 12 12 4 29
11 Shrewsbury Town 21 8 5 8 22 23 11 5 2 4 13 13 10 3 3 4 9 10 -1 29
12 Port Vale 21 8 5 8 23 29 10 4 3 3 12 11 11 4 2 5 11 18 -6 29
13 Exeter City 22 7 6 9 33 33 11 5 2 4 18 16 11 2 4 5 15 17 0 27
14 Lincoln City 20 6 9 5 21 23 10 2 8 0 11 8 10 4 1 5 10 15 -2 27
15 Oxford United 21 6 8 7 26 22 10 3 3 4 13 11 11 3 5 3 13 11 4 26
16 Fleetwood Town 21 5 11 5 23 21 10 2 5 3 9 8 11 3 6 2 14 13 2 26
17 Cheltenham Town 20 7 4 9 16 22 10 5 1 4 11 12 10 2 3 5 5 10 -6 25
18 Charlton Athletic 21 5 9 7 31 30 11 4 4 3 21 15 10 1 5 4 10 15 1 24
19 Accrington Stanley 20 5 6 9 20 31 10 2 4 4 13 17 10 3 2 5 7 14 -11 21
20 Cambridge United 21 6 3 12 19 32 11 4 2 5 9 13 10 2 1 7 10 19 -13 21
21 Forest Green Rovers 22 5 5 12 19 43 11 4 0 7 8 18 11 1 5 5 11 25 -24 20
22 Milton Keynes Dons 21 5 3 13 21 31 11 1 2 8 9 20 10 4 1 5 12 11 -10 18
23 Burton Albion 22 3 7 12 27 44 11 2 4 5 11 19 11 1 3 7 16 25 -17 16
24 Morecambe 21 2 9 10 17 33 10 1 5 4 7 15 11 1 4 6 10 18 -16 15

Read more about League One

The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.